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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1913
Page
7
The New York Press outlines how light travels as waves, sources range from the sun to arc lamps, and how wavelength, color, and atmosphere affect perception. It notes candle power comparisons, eye limits, and that X rays reveal bones yet blind to others, with heat from light causing warmth in different colors.
An account from a club recounts a late Andrew Lang dinner invitation. Lang explained directions along Cromwell Road to Marlowes Road, Kurt's Court, noting number 18 opposite. A guest, unsure how to reach the location, received Lang's practical guidance.
Mrs Oldcastle asks about Miss Kazozzle's arta at the Musicale while Mrs Gotfalotte notes the back earrings looked cheap, a terse exchange captured by the Chicago Record Herald.
A fragmentary exchange shows Mrs asking if she remains the star of his life as he replies with affection and then veers into a comment on drawing a star gallery and mentions influence from youth midlife and aged prayers.
A vivid account describes a kangaroo directing its flight toward a river, entering the water and using its height and tail to balance. It tugs under water on dog heads, drowning one or more as it defends itself, while a hunter may need to shoot to end the encounter.
Edgar Thurston notes episodes in Coimbatore where laborers fear the evil eye and refuse to fire bricks for new chambers until departure. He recalls showing fragrant contents from a pot to Dr Rivers, while an old woman cooking meat sobs after being excommunicated for touching the pot rather than the ladle.
Pepys notes in his diary the first use of paper tube spectacles as his eye condition worsens in August. He reports trying a tube for one eye then both, with glass, calling it a wizard. The device proved of little long term use and the diary record ends, yet Pepys lived on many years after abandoning tubes and glasses.
Parisians suffer nervous attacks and strict diets at meals. Miss Annesley notes guests with special regimes, some drink only white wine or hot water, others rely on petite pill bottles. A writer’s wife checked his temperature repeatedly, reaching extreme readings as a doctor is summoned by new telephone nerves.
The text explains parrot species adapting to palm trees versus multi branched trees with differing body builds and flight abilities. It also notes the term silhouette arising from a Frepeb oinister's attempt to tax nobility, leading to ridicule as portraits were darkened to mimic their poverty.
A German theatergoer in Paris accused a thief of taking his watch as he left a theater. Lacking evidence he stopped a man in the crowd who surrendered a ticket. Back home the man discovered his own watch lying on the table, proving he had been duped.
Mrs Nagg contemplates visiting the Thousand Islands as Mr Naggy expresses a wish for her to spend all words on each one in a Birmingham Age Herald brief.
An irate woman confronts a bird dealer over canaries she says were sold yesterday. She declares the dealer a thief and orders the birds removed, voice sour and accusatory in tone.
A clipped London Telegraph fragment depicts a servant replying to a visiting bill collector with a curt line about being well supplied, hinting at a domestic scene and social etiquette of the era.
Robert D. Heinl describes the consular appointment process via presidential nomination with Senate advice and consent. Applicants file through the secretary of state, undergo a nonpartisan screening, then a written exam in law geography and commerce, plus an oral test. Those scoring 80 percent or higher join the eligibles list for future appointments.
Lord Lyndhurst praised training the senses to ignore noise as a discipline for study. He recalled a neighbor learning violin, initially annoying him, but he chose not to object. He found the distraction transformed into a test of self control beneficial to his mathematics work.
The camel uniquely tolerates extreme heat with minimal water needs. ItPerspire only at the neck area, keeping skin moisture balance and blood temperature within about four degrees of human fever ranges. The New York Sun notes this remarkable thermoregulation as a normal camel function.
The quote by Hildegarde Hawthorne in St Nicholas asserts that fairy tales persist across cultures and eras. It claims tales are told, read, listened to, or written everywhere and at all times, making their omnipresence highly probable despite modern practicality.
In a discussion about the fitness of things a young man taking his date to the grand opera with an $8 supper and taxi ride prompts whether he should kiss her good night. An old bachelor quips that he has done enough for her, sparking a humorous exchange in the Argonaut.
A local Estherville resident Frank Gransbury testifies a back strain with kidney trouble improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He praises the remedy and advises others with kidney complaints to try it. The note notes the price 60 cents and Foster Milburn Co as U S agents in Buffalo New York. Also mentions Mankato Commercial College and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for croup prevention and a mothers’ endorsement by F S Shadle & Co.
Local residents applaud the rapid relief from a simple laxative brew using buckthorn bark glycerine and Adlerika. The druggist notes antiseptic digestion and instant relief from sour stomach gas and constipation after a single dose. Dolliver reports big success. Chamberlain's tablets urged for regular bowels. Available from F. G. Shadle & Co.
Ground bone kept on hand hailed as a top egg producer in market listings. Special price offered in 100 pound quantities by Jane's Meat Market, contact via phone number 36.
A Boston Herald quip contrasts an old proverb with a家庭 visit anecdote. The speaker jokes that with his wife’s mother staying, the proverb should read that “When one mouth shuts another one opens.”
A collection of humor and witticisms from old newspapers. Jests about marriage progress reading husbands and clever lines attributed to various era contributors. Includes the Boston Transcript and Detroit Free Press quips with a general social tone.
The towns join the American Drug and Press Association to provide Merital line preparations sold only through members. Pledges guaranteed quality and expert manufacture with no equal. J. J. Klopp invites Fatherville residents to try Merito products.
The advertisement asserts this medicine aids nature by soothing the cough, easing the lungs, improving secretion, and restoring health. It claims thousands testify to its superior excellence and lists F. S. Shadle & Co as sellers.
A brief advertisement touts Merltal White Liniment as an immediate home remedy for cuts bruises sprains and wounds offering instant relief and claiming no equal as a pain killer and healer. J J Klopp.
A claims nine of ten rheumatism cases are muscular from cold damp or chronic rheumatism needing internal treatment. It urges applying Chamberlain's Liniment for quick relief and notes sale by F. B. Shadle & Co.
A young girl warned villagers of a feared forest fire in the Catskills by riding horseback at midnight, saving many lives. The piece also cites Dr. King's New Discovery for coughs and lung diseases, with testimonials about curing consumption and lung trouble, priced 60 cents to $1.00, trial bottle free.
A twenty century sensation Meritol Rheumatiam Powders touted as the best remedy for rheumatism in all forms. Described as a boon to every sufferer and endorsed by those who have tried it. J. J.
Local dealer FP. 8. Shadie & Co. advertises Chamberlains Cough Remedy as most effective for colds croup and whooping cough and notes it contains no harmful drug suitable for children seeking relief.
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